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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FEEDING of rare and exotic marine species off deep ocean mineral deposits that may become a target for metal mining companies could create a conflict between international mineral extraction and environmental conventions, a United Nations report has warned.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL meeting on ridding the world of PCBs has been staged in Geneva, Switzerland, linking aid donor governments with commercial firms with clean-up expertise and technologies. Coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme, the meeting aimed to help fulfil the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, which targets PCBs for elimination.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE BASIC pay of directors at 58 of the 60 largest Canadian public companies increased dramatically in 2003, due to longer working hours and the need for more attractive incentives to lure American talent. A Report on Business survey, published in the country’s Globe and Mail newspaper, found that base retainers paid to directors climbed 28 per cent in 2003 from 2002.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ONLY half of tainted meat subject to formal recalls in the United States from 1998 to 2002 was actually returned, according to a recent study at Ohio State University, published in the Food Control journal, which has questioned the safety of the current system.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
HAVING no central government has proved no hindrance to Somalia making advances in public health, said United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Somali health organisations reported its last case in 2002 and are organising a major immunisation campaign.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ONLY half of tainted meat subject to formal recalls in the United States from 1998 to 2002 was actually returned, according to a recent study at Ohio State University. It suggests that improved record-keeping and information about retail outlets that sold recalled products could lead to more returns.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States, European Union, and other textile importers have been attacked for delaying restrictive quota abolition under the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Textile and Clothing. The International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB) of exporting countries said “the large bulk of quotas” would disappear on the agreement’s January 1, 2005, final deadline.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Trade Representative has claimed more than 95 per cent of US imports from sub-Saharan African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) eligible countries now enter America duty free. Exports rose by 55 per cent to US$14 billion from 2002 to 2003, mainly through higher oil sales.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SITTING in a comfortable flybe. seat, maybe flying home from a colourful continental European destination, you will already know how Britain’s European Union (EU) membership improves your life.

Those simple passport control procedures at continental airports – if there were are any at all – are a direct result of the demolition of national borders by Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EVERYONE knows commercial fraud costs business millions and millions of dollars and euros, but no one really knows how much. The United Nations is going to investigate, following a successful international seminar staged in Vienna. Keith Nuthall reports.…